Minna Antrim
Full Name: Minna Thomas Antrim
Birthdate: October 13, 1861
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Date of Death: 1950
Occupation: Author
Profile: Best known for her numerous quotes and sayings.
Website: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minna_Antrim
Number of Quotes: 33
A beautiful woman delights the eye; a wise woman, the understanding; a pure one, the soul.
A fool bolts pleasure, then complains of moral indigestion.
A fool hath no dialogue within himself; the first thought carrieth him without the reply of a second.
A homely face and no figure have aided many women heavenward.
A kiss is the outward visible sign of an inward fever.
Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt.
Enthusiasms, like stimulants, are often affected by people with small mental ballast.
Experience is a great teacher, but she sends in terrific bills.
Illusion is the dust the devil throws in the eyes of the foolish.
Integrity is the thing you do when no one is looking.
Intuition is truly a feminine quality, but women should not mistake rash conclusions for this gift.
It takes more than a wise man to keep a secret; it takes a fool.
Love often wears a mask in order to test loyalty.
Lovers should never be without the oil of forbearance.
Man forgives woman anything save the wit to outwit him.
Man proposes, woman forecloses.
Satiety is a mongrel that barks at the heels of plenty.
She who boasts of lovers soon has none.
That one woman is capable of loving another is an historical truth; but never yet
lived one who could not listen to her own praises at the expense of her adored friend.
The difference between a saint and a hypocrite is that one lies for his religion, the other by it.
The drama of life begins with a wail and ends with a sigh.
The green-eyed monster causes much woe, but the absence of this ugly serpent argues the presence of a corpse whose name is Eros.
The man who holds the key to a woman's heart should make certain the old ones are destroyed.
The very women who object to the morals of a notoriously beautiful actress, grow big with
pride when an admirer suggests their marked resemblance to this stage beauty in physique.
There never was a woman who did not prefer an oblique compliment to a straight truth - if the latter were unflattering.
Three failures denote uncommon strength. A weakling has not enough grit to fail thrice.
To be loved is to be fortunate, but to be hated is to achieve distinction.
To know one's self is wisdom, but not to know one's neighbors is genius.
When a woman is very, very bad, she is awful, but when a man is correspondingly good, he is weird.
Women are angry if other women think too little of their lovers, and furious if they think too much.
Women detest a jealous man, but a woman will never believe him just timid.
Worry is the interest paid on trouble before it falls due.
Yield nothing to love that is denied to discretion.
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